Christmas letter paper

Exclusive DIY Christmas stationery

If you fancy giving your loved ones a personalised treat this Christmas, one way to impress them is to send out your Christmas post on writing paper that you’ve designed yourself! For a sophisticated touch, use tracing paper and decorate it with edding permanent spray in gold. With a stencil to help you, you can create all kinds of motif on paper; in our example, we used a squirrel design to demonstrate the idea. Gold adds a really festive touch, but you can, of course, use any of the elegant colours in the permanent spray range, such as copper, silver or rose gold. edding permanent spray is notable for its exceptional coverage, and is extremely quick drying and durable, whilst the edding 1800 profipen, with its particularly fine nib, is the perfect choice for writing in calligraphy.

Categories: Christmas
Craft your own cards
Products: Fineliners
Permanent spray
Materials: Paper, carton and cardboard
Difficulty: Easy peasy

Step-by-step

Step 1

Get all your materials ready before you start. To make your Christmas letterhead, you’ll need permanent spray in rich gold, plus the edding 1800 profipen.

Step 2

First of all, print out the template and cut out the squirrel shape accurately using the craft knife or sharp scissors.

Step 3

Before you start spraying, cover your working area completely with the protective sheet. Place the stencil with the squirrel cutout on the tracing paper in the desired position and carefully cover up the rest of the paper so that when you start spraying, only the squirrel is painted gold. In our Spray basics section, we’ve got handy tips on how to achieve a perfect spraying technique. Start by shaking the spray can for 3 minutes, then remove the sprayhead and use the screwdriver to prise off the safety ring.